Rom 3:1-19 | ESV | STEP | Then what advantage has the Jew ? Or what is the value of circumcision ?

1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. To begin with, ^athe Jews were entrusted with ^bthe oracles of God. 3 ^cWhat if some were unfaithful? ^dDoes their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! ^eLet God be true though ^fevery one were a liar, as it is written,

^g“That you may be justified in your words,
and prevail when you ^hare judged.”
5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict ⁱwrath on us? ( ^jI speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could ^kGod judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, ^lwhy am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not ^mdo evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

No One Is Righteous

9 What then? Are we Jews ^{▼▼Greek Are we} any better off? ^{▼▼Or at any disadvantage?} No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both ^pJews and ^qGreeks, are ^runder sin, 10 as it is written:

^s“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 ^t“Their throat is ^uan open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
^v“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^w“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 ^x“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and ^ythe way of peace they have not known.”
18 ^z“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever ^aathe law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^abso that every mouth may be stopped, and ^acthe whole world may be held accountable to God.